Newsela is an online resource that provides great non-fiction informational text articles for students to read. These articles expose the students to real-life current events. The articles are adaptable by Lexile (reading) levels and even offer writing assignments and comprehension quizzes! 

Every student has a free account using their @iusd.org usernames. Their passwords are their student ID numbers. Our class code is:

Sign up instructions:

  1. Go to https://newsela.com/quickjoin/#/R4BKVZ

  2. Quick start instructions